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Amos 1:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:


Amos 1:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 1:317 words
HebrewMeaning
כֹּ֚הkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙šəlōšāh
threeadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
פִּשְׁעֵ֣יpišəʿēy
transgressions ofnounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
דַמֶּ֔שֶׂקdameśeq
DamascusnounH1834
וְ/עַלwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַרְבָּעָ֖הʾarəbāʿāh
fouradjH702
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑/נּוּʾăšiybenw
I will revoke itverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
עַלʿal
becausepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דּוּשָׁ֛/םdwšām
threshed theyverbH1758
tear · thresh · tread out · at grass (Jeremiah 50:11 ···
בַּ/חֲרֻצ֥וֹתbaḥăruṣwōt
with the threshing sledges ofpronH2742
diligent · gold · pointed things · sharp ···
הַ/בַּרְזֶ֖לhabarəzel
ironparticleH1270
iron
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/גִּלְעָֽדhagiləʿād
GileadparticleH1568
Gileadite
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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